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A Hungarian government anti-Soros poster, with graffiti, that has stoked fears of anti-semitism (Photo: Lydia Gall/Human Rights Watch)

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Orban stokes up his voters with anti-Soros 'consultation'

by Eszter Zalan, BUDAPEST, BRUSSELS,
A Hungarian government anti-Soros poster, with graffiti, that has stoked fears of anti-semitism (Photo: Lydia Gall/Human Rights Watch)

Hungary's ruling party is gearing up for elections next year with a massive campaign against the US billionaire George Soros, featuring a so-called "national consultation" that officially ends this Friday (24 November).

This is the seventh 'national consultation' prime minister Viktor Orban's government has rolled out since coming to power in 2010.

Earlier this year another such consultation and an accompanying 'Stop Brussels' campaign prompted

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Author Bio

Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

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